Holy water sprinkler holder



June 30, 1959 M. W. HORACEK HOLY WATER SPRINKLER HOLDER Filed Feb. 7,1957 Mark W. Horacek IN VEN TOR.

BY MMEM United States Patent HOLY WATER SPRINKLER HOLDER Mark W.Horacek, Alexandria, La.

*Application February 7, 1957, Serial No. 638,841 3 Claims. Cl. 248-313)This invention relates to a special holder for a holy water sprinkler.

An object of the invention is to provide a holder for a holy watersprinkler that has a perforated top wall, the holder having a support inwhich to accommodate the sprinkler and a cover provided with a flexiblewall which automatically contacts and fits flush over the perforatedwall of the sprinkler when placed in the holder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder for a holywater sprinkler, the holder including an arm that is pivotally disposedin juxtaposition to the holy water sprinkler support and carries theflexible wall.

Accordingly, the sprinkler is easily inserted in its support by liftingthe arm and placing it on the support. Then, the arm is gravity loweredand/or lowered by the force of a spring thereby providing an effectiveseal between the flexible wall and the perforated wall of the sprinkler.

The holy water in a holy water sprinkler evaporates quite quicklybetween uses of the sprinkler. This is due to the construction of mostholy water sprinklers. They are made of a handle and a housing at theend of the handle in which the holy water is placed, one wall of thehousing usually being formed with a number of perforations through whichthe holy water is issued in response to shaking the sprinkler. Myinvention provides a convenient place to store the sprinkler andautomatically cover the perforations through which the holy water isissued thereby preventing or at least minimizing loss of holy Water dueto evaporation.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a holder which is constructed inaccordance with the invention, a typical holy water sprinkler beingshown in dotted line;

Figure 2 is an elevational side view of the holder of Figure 1, partsbeing broken away in section to show internal details;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the 'line 3--3 ofFigure 2, and

Figure 4 is a view taken approximately on the line 4--4 of Figure 2showing principally the cover for the perforated wall of the holy watersprinkler.

In the accompanying drawing there is a holder which is constructed tosupport a holy water sprinkler 12. Such sprinklers are constructed of ahandle 14 having a container 16 at one end, and one wall 18 of thecontainer is perforated so that the holy water may be forcibly issuedtherefrom when shaking the sprinkler.

Holder 10 is constructed of a mounting plate 20 that is preferablyornamented, as by having a cross 22 at the upper end and a roundedconfiguration 24 at the lower end. Holes 25 and 26 are near the upperand lower 2,892,607 Patented June 30, 19 59 ends of the mounting plate20 and are adapted to receive fasteners, as screws or nails, for thepurpose of anchoring the mounting plate on a supporting surface.Mounting plate 20 is and a majority of the other parts of the holder,are preferably made of wood but other materials of construction may beadopted in accordance with the prerogative of the manufacturer.

Support 30 protrudes from the front face of the mounting plate 20 and isconnected by screws or like fasteners. It is cantilevered and has anoutwardly opening slot 32 whose walls 34 and 36 are downwardly andinwardly sloped to provide a' cradle within which to support the casing16 of the sprinkler.

There is a slot 40 in the mounting plate 20 adjacent to the upper end ofthe mounting plate and the purpose of the slot is to accept tongue 42 atthe inner extremity of arm 44. A pivot pin 46 extends through themounting plate and slot 40 and an aperture in tongue 42, therebymounting arm 44 so that it is capable of oscillating about thelongitudinal axis of pin 46. The slot 48 in arm 44 has bolt 50 passedthrough it, the head of the bolt being sufliciently large so that thebolt will not pass completely through slot 48. The opposite end of thebolt accommodates a head 52, holding it in a selected, adjusted positioninasmuch as bolt 50 is capable of being slid from one end to the otherof the slot 48.

Head 52 is a hollow body that has an open lower end in which flexiblewall 54 is supported. This flexible wall is made of rub-her, elastic, oran equivalent, analogous material and is held in place by being cementedor having its edges fastened in some other way. Cover plate 56 isattached to the lower open end of head 52 but has an opening 58 in whichthe upper Wall of the sprinkler 12 is passed when the sprinkler isdisposed on support 30 and the arm 44 allowed to return to the loweredposition either by gravity or by gravity as aided by a spring, such asspring 60. Spring 60 is attached to the arm and to an adjacent part ofthe mounting plate 20. An alternative construction would be to use atorsion spring wound around pin 46 with an end thereof reacting on arm44 and another end reacting on the mounting plate 20.

In use, the mounting plate 20 is attached to a supporting surface in alocation convenient to the pastor or some other person having need oruse for an article of this nature. Ann 44 is lifted against the yieldingopposition of spring 60, when such a spring is used, and the sprinkler12 placed on support 30. The sloping side walls 34 and 36 of the supportaccommodate the lower end of casing 16, the latter nesting therebetween.Inasmuch as the sides 64 and 66 of support 30 have their upper surfacesrising upwardly, the sloping side walls 34 and 36 tend to automaticallyslide the sprinkler rearwardly of the support, so that it cannotinadvertently slip from the support.

Thereafter the arm 44 is released with the head 52 moving downwardlytoward casing 16, head 52 functioning as a cover for the perforated wall18 of the sprinkler. This wall enters opening 58 and comes to bearagainst the lower surface of the flexible wall 54 in head 52. A seal isthereby formed between the wall 54 and the perforated wall 18 of theholy water sprinkler materially reducing, if not inhibiting, evaporationof the holy water. In order to separate the holy water sprinkler fromsupport 38, the handle 14 is merely grasped and pulled gently outwardly.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A holder for a. holy water sprinkler that hasa eiasingiin which toaccommodatethe holy water, the cas inghaving a perforated wall throughwhich the holy water is adapted tobeejected said-J holder comprising. amounting plate, a-support protruding from said mountingplateand havingan outwardly openingslot in which to accommodate the casingv of the holywater sprinkler, amarm, means mounting said arm on said mounting platefor pivotal movement toward and away from. said support, aheadfunctioning 'as a cover for the perforated wall. of the sprinkler,,means securing said head to said arm, said head including aflexible wallwhich is adapted to he brought against the perforated wall of. thesprinkler arm in the opposite direction.

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